The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press prevailed Thursday in a challenge of a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge’s order blocking media outlets from publishing photographs from the arraignment of a man who is charged in the murders of homeless men.

A federal judge on Tuesday threw out his order requiring the Los Angeles Times to delete part of an online article about a plea deal made between an ex-police detective and federal prosecutors – information gleaned from the court’s public computer records.

The Los Angeles Times will have a new owner starting on Monday as biotech billionaire Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong finalizes his $500 million purchase, and the newspaper will start a new chapter this summer by moving out of its downtown headquarters.

Los Angeles Times managers have accused the newsroom’s union of not bargaining in “good faith” over contract negotiations and for withholding data used to compile a report revealing a pay gap at the newspaper for women and journalists of color.

The Los Angeles Times will leave its downtown headquarters later this summer for a temporary location in El Segundo southwest of LA, the newspaper’s incoming owner said at an employee meeting on Friday.

In another newsroom shake-up at the Los Angeles Times, veteran journalist Jim Kirk is expected to be named editor in chief to replace Lewis D’Vorkin, whose short tenure was marked by clashes with staff, the paper reported Monday.

Cartoonist Ted Rall faced another setback in his defamation and wrongful termination lawsuit against the LA Times, when a Superior Court judge granted Tribune Media’s motion to strike his complaint under the First Amendment.

Former Tribune Publishing employee Matthew Keys is not off the hook for helping hackers from the group Anonymous tamper with the Los Angeles Times website seven years ago, according to a Monday ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

A judge Wednesday granted a Los Angeles Times editor, writer and former publisher’s motion to toss cartoonist Ted Rall’s defamation claims, citing a California law designed to protect free speech and quash frivolous lawsuits.

The Ninth Circuit cautiously signaled Tuesday that it may reverse parts of former Tribune Publishing employee Matthew Keys’ conviction for helping hackers from the group Anonymous deface the Los Angeles Times website in 2010.

A federal judge ordered a reporter Thursday to testify in the obstruction and conspiracy trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, saying the public’s interest in the case trumps constitutional protections for reporters.